Toward the characterization of building occupancies for fire safety engineering: Capabilities of disabled people moving horizontally and on an incline

Fire Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-67

  Boyce, K E ^a   Shields, T J ^a   Silcock, G W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Characterization; Disabled; Inclined planes; Mobility aid; Movement horizontal

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; FIRE; HUMAN FACTOR; SAFETY;

EID: 0032802446     PISSN: 00152684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015339216366     Document Type: Article

References (5)

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2. Approved Document M, Access and Facilities for Disabled People, Department of the Environment and the Welsh Office, The Building Regulations 1991, HMSO, 1992.
3. McCoy D., Smith M., PPRU Surveys of Disability Report 1, "The Prevalence of Disability Among Adults in Northern Ireland," Policy Planning and Research Unit, Social Policy Branch, 1992.
4. Boyce, K. E., "Egress Capabilities of People with Disabilities," D Phil Thesis, University of Ulster, 1996.
5. World Health Organization, International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and Handicaps, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1980.